Very little is available by this electropop band from France.
Bien was actually the moniker of Pascale Borel. He started this project in 1996 and called it a day in 1999. His three releases came out on the Madrid based label Siesta Records.
Pascale may actually be more known thanks to have been in Mikado. With Mikado she released a bunch of singles and an album in the 80s. But that’s a more known story. I am curious about this short-lived project called Bien.
She also has released many solo records.
Discogs lists some other band members for Bien like Arnaud Fontanes, Bertrand Lapicorey and Vincent Lapicorey (these last two are brothers).
The first Bien release was the “Balthazar” 7″ single that had the title song on the A side and “Soleil D’Automne” on the B side. This record was put out by Siesta (SIESTA 43) in 1997. The songs were recorded by Christophe Chavenon with Vincent Morel as his assistant in Paris in 1997. The design for the sleeve was made by Olivier Legrand.
This same record was released as a CD single that same year. It included a couple more songs, “Oublie-Moi” and “Sunny Side”.
These two songs would be released by Siesta as a 7″ that same year. “Oublie-Moi” (SIESTA 45) came with “Sunny Side” as mentioned.
When it came to compilations the song “Soleil D’Automne” appeared on “Expreso (Otra Recopilación de Canciones de Siesta)” (SIESTA 60) in 1998 and then in 1999 a song called “If (Version)” was included in “Social (Bodies)” a CD compilation released in France by Kung Fu Fighting Recording (FIGHT 001).
Sadly this is all the information there is about these songs and this band. Of course, as I said earlier, Mikado is quite the legendary band and you could find more info about that part of Pascale’s music. But even so it is surprising that about Bien there’s barely anything online.
I believe her last solo record was “Par Ailleurs” in 2015. There are at least 2 more solo releases. Seems that’s what she did after Bien.
Did Bien play live? Were they only a recording project? Anyone has any other details?
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Bien – Soleil d’Automne
